One of the other posts has taken a tangent to where all 80 discussions end up - '...love the truck, but the cup holder suck'. Well, I originally posted an overview of a 'new and improved' cup holder on the 80's site, here are the highlights.
The cup holder beside the driver is a PITA to use while driving and is too small, the console one is too small, easy to block and hard to reach.
While the idea of the dash cup holder is interesting, I found the dash mounted cup holder on my Saab to be a bit problematic. Prone to shaking a drink all over my shifter, blocks a large part of the stereo, only held certain sizes of drinks and lots of eyes off the road time.
To solve this, I designed and made a simple dual cup holder that can hold large drinks (ie coffee not the super big gulp), is stable and can be reached conviently by both the passenger and driver without taking eyes off the road. The cup holder is mounted just forward of the center arm rest, like this:
(note the drinks are vertical, the aspect of the photo is a bit off)
or this
The original piece looks like this, after being painted
Some have asked if the drink does the 'diving board thing' - it is hard to tell from the photos, but if you look at the console, the drinks are basically supported all the way around except for a small 1/2" - 3/4" overhang.
To build, go buy a small sheet of sheet metal (can't remember the ga), a can of black spray paint, some jig saw blades for cutting metal, a few screws and two generic cup holders that meet your fancy (total cost for me ~US$20). Use cardboard to make a template that works for your drink holder.
A few mods I would make: (1) try to find sturdy cup holders, I broke one of the arms on one of mine throwing a pack into the truck (easy to replace) and (2) mine is mounted to the underside of the lid to the bottom portion of the console, so I can't open it with drinks loaded .  on't mount yours to the lid, mount it to the base.
It's seen real world testing for the last few months and I love it!
Cheers, Hugh
The cup holder beside the driver is a PITA to use while driving and is too small, the console one is too small, easy to block and hard to reach.
While the idea of the dash cup holder is interesting, I found the dash mounted cup holder on my Saab to be a bit problematic. Prone to shaking a drink all over my shifter, blocks a large part of the stereo, only held certain sizes of drinks and lots of eyes off the road time.
To solve this, I designed and made a simple dual cup holder that can hold large drinks (ie coffee not the super big gulp), is stable and can be reached conviently by both the passenger and driver without taking eyes off the road. The cup holder is mounted just forward of the center arm rest, like this:
(note the drinks are vertical, the aspect of the photo is a bit off)
or this
The original piece looks like this, after being painted
Some have asked if the drink does the 'diving board thing' - it is hard to tell from the photos, but if you look at the console, the drinks are basically supported all the way around except for a small 1/2" - 3/4" overhang.
To build, go buy a small sheet of sheet metal (can't remember the ga), a can of black spray paint, some jig saw blades for cutting metal, a few screws and two generic cup holders that meet your fancy (total cost for me ~US$20). Use cardboard to make a template that works for your drink holder.
A few mods I would make: (1) try to find sturdy cup holders, I broke one of the arms on one of mine throwing a pack into the truck (easy to replace) and (2) mine is mounted to the underside of the lid to the bottom portion of the console, so I can't open it with drinks loaded .  on't mount yours to the lid, mount it to the base.
It's seen real world testing for the last few months and I love it!
Cheers, Hugh